Lantern-holder



(No Model.)

W. TURNER.

Lantern Holder.-

Patented Dec. 7,1880.

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N- PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOSRPHEH, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

LEWIS W. TURNER, OF YALESVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

LANTERN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,181, dated December7, 1880.

Application filed October 19, 1880. (No model.)

` To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, LEwIs W. TURNER, of Yalesville, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new, useful, andImproved Lantern-Holder, of which the following is a description.

My invention is a device more particularly intended to hold a lanternunderneath a carriage-body; and it consists in the novel means employedfor the purpose, hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View of the holder and of atubular lantern, the holdei` being intended for this particular kind oflantern. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder.

To enable others to make and use my improved holder, I will describe itand the manner of using it in detail.

A is a dat iron or steel bar, and has the parts a a. bent at rightangles to the central part, b.

It is made of such thickness that the parts a aV will be stili` enoughto prevent any swinging motion of the lantern. The pieces c c are madeof sheet metal bent so as to form the semicircular grooves d d, asshown, and are attached to the parts a a by rivets. The hooks e e aremade of Wire bent in the forni shown, and are attached to the centralpart, b, by means of corrugated sheet-metal strips, the ends ofwhich arebent over the edges of the central part.

The holder is attached to thc under side of the bottom of a carriagebodyby screws pass ing through the holes shown in the central part, b.

To remove the lantern from the holder itis moved upward until thetubular part x .r of the lantern is above the lower ends of the hooks,and the parts a a are sprung apart to allow the upright tubes to beturned out of the grooves. 4o To put the lantern in the holder the partsa a are sprung apart and the upright tubes of the lantern are placed inthe grooves with the tubular part xx above the lower ends of the hooks,and the lantern is then pulled down onto the 45 hooks.

I am well aware that numerous devices have been attached to the underside of carriagebottoms to hold lanterns, and I do not claim a devicefor that purpose to the exclusion of all 5o other devices; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improved lantern holder herein described, consisting of the flat barA, having 55 the parts a a, at right angles to the central part,

b, the pieces c c, attached to the parts a a and having the semicirculargrooves d d, and the hooks c e, attached to the central part7 b, all thesaid parts constructed and combined as 6o shown and set forth.

LEWIS W. TURNER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE TERRY, HIRAM A. GRAY.

